Insecticide holder



July 1, 1930. J. MERCOGLIANO INSECTIGIDE HOLDER Filed May 23. 1928 INVENTOR. Z'ildflfl ATTORNEY? ferry 1101' v 40 Patented July 1, 1 930 .YJERRY MERCOGLIANO, or BROOKLYN, new YORK INSECTIGIDE HOLDER nApplication filed May 23, 1928. Serial No. 280,679.

This invention relates'to holders orcartridges for disinfectant or insecticide materials'and more particularly refers to holders for moth balls adapted for insertion through moving said holder from its normal position. Z Other objects and advantages of the present invention will more fully appear as the description proceeds and will beset forth and-claimed in the appended claim.

Upholstered furniture is frequently ex posed to the destructive action of moths,and this is especially true of furniture covered with "mohair or other Wool containing fab- 'ric. 'Various means have heretofore been suggested for protecting this kind of furniturea'gainst these agentsof destruction, these means usually calling for a container or receptacle adapted to "be embedded in the upholstered section of'the article or furniture to be protected thereby,and having means rendering the container accessible from the outside without spoiling the appearance of r of applying my invention; and

the furniture. I

Arrangements of this type have been found to be effective as well as satisfactory from 0 the standpoint of appearance where heavily upholstered articles of furniture such as davenports, divans, parlor chairs, are concerned. Some other articles of furniture however, such as dining room chairs, for instance, do

not lend themselves to the use of protective holstered surfaces, permitting of inserting protective containers between the covering fabric and the lining. 4 V T In order. to be eife'ctive a disinfectant or insecticide material should be changed from time to time, so that oneof the requirements of a protective device of the characterito which this invention refers, is that the same be readily accessible from the outside, once it has been placed in position. At the same time, it is essential that the appearance of protective device'be as much as possible concealed from view.

V I have therefore devised a form'of substan tially'tubular container having a relatively small diameter, which is well adapted for use in such articles of upholstered furniture where the upholstery itself does not offer any point of attachment therefor or Where for other reasons it is not desirable'jt'o insert the protective device .directly through the upholstery. V 7 7 My improved device is particularly suitable for use in connection with dining room chairs of the ordinary type. Various embodiments of my invention areillustrated in theaccompanying. drawings, in which; 7 1 V I Fig. 1 isa side sectional view offajdevice embodying my invention applied to the framework of a, chair;

Fig. 2 is a side sectional view cover therefor; w Fig. 3 is a, side view in elevation partly broken away and sectioned of a chair having an upholstered seat illustrating the manner of a plug 61? Figpilis a View in perspectiveo'f said chair. I

My device consists essentially of a :bushing orneck portion adapted to be inserted the furniture be left unmarred and thatthe through and to fit snugly within an opening made therefor, through theframework of a cha ror OtllBIfiIlilCle of furn1ture,a fo-. raminous .orj porous walled body extend ng therefrom, and a cover or plug for the bushing, portion thereof.

The body-is preferably tubular having a rigid or semi-rigid structure, and is adapted to project directly through'or close tothe' upholstered'part of the" article of furniture, causing the fumes. emanating "from the'insecticide material contained thereinto spread throughout the interior of the upholstered portion and to its outside covering which it is mostimportant to protect.

' terial be" renewed from time to time because In devices ofrthi's kind, it is very important V that the insecticidematerial be kept from a direct contact with the fabric to be protected z i to thereby, f because these materials contain Ichamicals that might cause serious damage to the fabric. V a

It is also important that the insecticide maits volatilelcontents will in time be exhausted or its strengthjyvill be considerably di minished, accordingly decreasing the effec 'tiveness of the protec'tion afforded by the device.

It is therefore that the tubular container :thus' produced be readily filled or emptied of its contents Withoutremovingfit The inside diameterof the coil-memberis from its positions Furthermore for thede vice to be practicalylt IHHS'UbG'SllHPlQ and unobtrusiveandbadapted to be manufactured at a. relatively lovvcost.

.lThefldevice illustratedlin and 2,

forming the bodyof the device.

i suificient to admit moth balls of ordinary sizeas shownatlii andthe coil end thereof 14, i

Y is'bentinyvardlytoWards'the axis of the coil tofprevent the moth balls inserted there- 1 through from coming out at the free endof theb odyl' 1 I 'Inorder to insert the device in position a i hole of the 'properdiameter is bored through the frameworkfof "the article of furniture inqvvhichthe device isinserted, saidholebe ,in adapted to snugly-receive bushing or neck portion 11; The hole is preferablybored in :anfunexposed partof the framework, for in stance", in thecase of-a chair 1 5, as shown in Figs. 3, apthehole is preferably bored throughithe rear member of the. seat frame .16 as shown at 17, in a h-orizontaldirection.

Whenever insecticide material is to be placedwithin the-container or removed therefrom,'it is, of course, necessary to incline the chair at the proper angle in order to cause the material to fall one Way or the other. 7 If the Wire out of whichcoil member 12 is formed is sufliciently heavy, the resulting body is fairly rigid and will project under the seat of the chair in a substantially horizontal direction, the Weight of the moth balls With which it is filled being negligible. Although the construction just described is very satisfactory, and relatively inexpensive, it is obvious that the device may be ,made in other ways if desired. f

By virtue of the arrangements described, itis possible to thoroughly protect an upholstered chair or other similar article of furniture,without marringits appearance;

furthermore, it is possible to renevvthe insecticide material at any time, Withoutany difficultyandwithout removing the device from its setting, s i A The details of construction of my device may, vary to a certain extent from those shown Without departing from the inventive idea; the drawings Will thereforebe understood as being intended for illustrative purposes only andnotina limiting sense; therefore, I reserve myself the right to carry my invention into practice in all those Ways and manners which may enter, fairly, into the scope of theappended claim.

a cylindrical smooth surfaced bushing portion, open at both ends, a .tract of cylindrically coiled Wire having spaced jcoils attached to and extending from the inner end of said bushing portion, said coiled ftract being cover having a plug portion registering With and extending within said, bushing portion.-

JERRY MERGOGLIANQ,

' The bodytofthe device is then; inserted through said hole'so as to extend directly un der the upholstered seat'18, and the bushing or neck portion 11 is forced through, open i ing17;

V fThe moth balls or other insecticide material insph'eric'al or cylindricaljform is then inserted through the inletl9of th e bushing,

e0 V *pl ugorcoverpreferably-provided with an i so as to fill the body of the device, and a plug 1 or cover 20 is inserted overopening 19. Said l I opening 21' large enougligtoe'permit of inserta x 111 moth bans, withinjthebody' of the device;

said plug orcoverhowever, will havei-tobe removed when the device is to be emptied;

A device ofthe class described, comprising 

